Social Skills Jobs in the North of England

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 3 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 1 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 0
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 2,837 3,920 5,230
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 28.38% 23.96% 29.11%
As % of the General category 42.00% 42.37% 40.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,578 2,987 1,977
10th Percentile £28,800 £25,230 £25,420
25th Percentile £37,500 £30,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.23% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £71,250 £60,741 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £73,000 £81,350
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £58,750
% change year-on-year +10.00% -14.89% +6.82%

All General Skills
North of England

Social Skills falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring common skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 6,754 9,252 12,789
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 67.55% 56.56% 71.18%
Number of salaries quoted 3,647 7,074 5,376
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £29,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £33,857 £37,885
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.38% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,389 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,040 £77,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,836 £52,500 £61,000
% change year-on-year +10.16% -13.93% +1.67%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Social Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in the North of England

Social Skills
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in the North of England.

Salary trend for Social Skills in the North of England

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in the North of England over the 6 months to 3 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in the North of England

Social Skills
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Skills within the North of England region over the 6 months to 3 April 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West -3 1,705 £54,793 +21.76% 1,296
Yorkshire 0 951 £45,000 - 686
North East -1 179 £45,000 +12.50% 279
Social Skills
England

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 70 (2.47%) SharePoint
2 59 (2.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 32 (1.13%) CMS
3 32 (1.13%) Confluence
4 26 (0.92%) Umbraco
5 17 (0.60%) SAS
6 15 (0.53%) Apache
6 15 (0.53%) Oracle Application Server
7 10 (0.35%) Apache Spark
8 8 (0.28%) WordPress
9 3 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.11%) IIS
9 3 (0.11%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.035%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.035%) Kentico
10 1 (0.035%) nginx
10 1 (0.035%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.035%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.035%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.035%) Tomcat
Applications
1 320 (11.28%) Microsoft Office
2 300 (10.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 186 (6.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 62 (2.19%) Simulink
5 28 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
6 23 (0.81%) AutoCAD
7 15 (0.53%) Trello
8 14 (0.49%) MS Visio
8 14 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
9 11 (0.39%) Adobe XD
9 11 (0.39%) SPSS
10 7 (0.25%) Sketch
11 2 (0.070%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 2 (0.070%) Blender
11 2 (0.070%) Chatbot
11 2 (0.070%) Maya
11 2 (0.070%) Notion
11 2 (0.070%) Photoshop
12 1 (0.035%) Adobe Illustrator
12 1 (0.035%) ZBrush
Business Applications
1 168 (5.92%) Teamcenter
2 40 (1.41%) NetSuite
3 11 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
4 10 (0.35%) Magento
4 10 (0.35%) Shopify
5 9 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
5 9 (0.32%) Payment Gateway
6 4 (0.14%) Infor LN
7 3 (0.11%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 3 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
7 3 (0.11%) Maximo
7 3 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.11%) Sage 50
8 2 (0.070%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 2 (0.070%) SAP SD
9 1 (0.035%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.035%) SAP Business One
9 1 (0.035%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.035%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 295 (10.40%) Azure
2 265 (9.34%) AWS
3 180 (6.34%) Power Platform
4 170 (5.99%) Microsoft 365
5 98 (3.45%) GCP
6 58 (2.04%) SaaS
7 55 (1.94%) Entra ID
8 44 (1.55%) GitHub
9 33 (1.16%) Dynamics 365
10 31 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
11 26 (0.92%) Serverless
12 21 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
12 21 (0.74%) Power Automate
13 20 (0.70%) AWS Lambda
14 19 (0.67%) Figma
15 17 (0.60%) GitHub Actions
15 17 (0.60%) PowerApps
16 14 (0.49%) Microsoft Copilot
17 12 (0.42%) Azure Logic Apps
17 12 (0.42%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 124 (4.37%) Firewall
2 74 (2.61%) LAN
3 64 (2.26%) WAN
4 50 (1.76%) DNS
5 32 (1.13%) Intranet
6 31 (1.09%) DHCP
6 31 (1.09%) VPN
7 26 (0.92%) SAN
7 26 (0.92%) TCP/IP
8 22 (0.78%) Network Security
9 21 (0.74%) Internet
9 21 (0.74%) Intrusion Detection
9 21 (0.74%) Wireless
10 18 (0.63%) VoIP
11 14 (0.49%) NAS
12 10 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
13 9 (0.32%) HTTP
14 7 (0.25%) Structured Cabling
15 6 (0.21%) Cisco IOS
15 6 (0.21%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 167 (5.89%) Power BI
2 99 (3.49%) SQL Server
3 45 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
3 45 (1.59%) MySQL
4 34 (1.20%) Tableau
5 27 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
6 25 (0.88%) NoSQL
7 22 (0.78%) MongoDB
8 18 (0.63%) Oracle Reports
9 17 (0.60%) Data Lake
9 17 (0.60%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 16 (0.56%) Electronic Patient Records
11 12 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
11 12 (0.42%) Relational Database
12 11 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 10 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
13 10 (0.35%) Metadata
13 10 (0.35%) Power Query
14 9 (0.32%) Elasticsearch
14 9 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 81 (2.86%) JIRA
2 65 (2.29%) Git
3 34 (1.20%) Rational DOORS
4 29 (1.02%) Jenkins
5 14 (0.49%) SonarQube
6 11 (0.39%) TeamCity
7 9 (0.32%) CircleCI
7 9 (0.32%) Sonatype Nexus
8 8 (0.28%) GitLab
8 8 (0.28%) Octopus Deploy
8 8 (0.28%) Selenium
9 5 (0.18%) IBM UrbanCode
9 5 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
10 4 (0.14%) Balsamiq
10 4 (0.14%) JUnit
10 4 (0.14%) Postman
10 4 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 3 (0.11%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.11%) TestRail
11 3 (0.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 621 (21.89%) Finance
2 466 (16.43%) Presentation Skills
3 459 (16.18%) Analytical Skills
4 438 (15.44%) Marketing
5 374 (13.18%) Manufacturing
6 267 (9.41%) Electronics
7 210 (7.40%) Organisational Skills
8 190 (6.70%) Aerospace
9 131 (4.62%) Legal
10 129 (4.55%) Automotive
11 125 (4.41%) Banking
12 108 (3.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 66 (2.33%) Retail
14 62 (2.19%) Public Sector
15 56 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
16 46 (1.62%) Law
17 36 (1.27%) Avionics
18 20 (0.70%) Military
19 17 (0.60%) Health Technology
20 16 (0.56%) Games
Job Titles
1 345 (12.16%) Senior
2 335 (11.81%) Analyst
3 256 (9.02%) Systems Engineer
4 236 (8.32%) Lead
5 205 (7.23%) IT Support
5 205 (7.23%) Support Engineer
6 190 (6.70%) Product Manager
7 161 (5.68%) Technical Manager
8 139 (4.90%) Project Manager
9 136 (4.79%) Help Desk Manager
10 129 (4.55%) Developer
11 126 (4.44%) Software Support Engineer
12 120 (4.23%) Commissioning Manager
13 118 (4.16%) Principal Engineer
14 117 (4.12%) Development Manager
15 101 (3.56%) Products Support Manager
16 94 (3.31%) Architect
17 88 (3.10%) Senior Systems Engineer
18 83 (2.93%) Support Manager
19 82 (2.89%) Product Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (3.38%) HTML
2 91 (3.21%) CSS
3 74 (2.61%) .NET
4 47 (1.66%) React
5 38 (1.34%) AngularJS
6 35 (1.23%) jQuery
7 31 (1.09%) Node.js
8 28 (0.99%) HTML5
9 27 (0.95%) ASP.NET
9 27 (0.95%) REST
10 26 (0.92%) XML
11 23 (0.81%) Spring
12 20 (0.70%) Vue
13 19 (0.67%) .NET Core
13 19 (0.67%) RESTful
14 17 (0.60%) .NET Framework
15 16 (0.56%) Laravel
16 15 (0.53%) SOAP
17 14 (0.49%) Web Services
18 12 (0.42%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 128 (4.51%) Management Information System
2 109 (3.84%) Enterprise Software
3 103 (3.63%) FMCG
4 102 (3.60%) Self-Motivation
5 91 (3.21%) Product Ownership
6 78 (2.75%) Social Media
7 44 (1.55%) Onboarding
8 40 (1.41%) NHS
9 35 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
10 33 (1.16%) Security Posture
11 32 (1.13%) Driving Licence
12 31 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
13 29 (1.02%) Cloud Native
14 26 (0.92%) Team-Oriented Environment
15 24 (0.85%) Public Cloud
16 19 (0.67%) Mobile App
16 19 (0.67%) Private Cloud
17 18 (0.63%) Credit Risk
17 18 (0.63%) Legacy Systems
18 17 (0.60%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 350 (12.34%) Windows
2 85 (3.00%) Windows Server
3 73 (2.57%) Linux
4 51 (1.80%) Windows 10
5 45 (1.59%) Windows Vista
6 43 (1.52%) Android
7 18 (0.63%) Mac OS
8 17 (0.60%) Windows Server 2019
9 11 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
10 10 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
11 9 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 9 (0.32%) Unix
12 5 (0.18%) CentOS
12 5 (0.18%) Windows 7
13 4 (0.14%) Ubuntu
13 4 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
14 3 (0.11%) Apple iOS
14 3 (0.11%) VMS
15 2 (0.070%) AIX
15 2 (0.070%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 911 (32.11%) Problem-Solving
2 509 (17.94%) Continuous Improvement
3 489 (17.24%) Agile
4 429 (15.12%) Project Management
5 394 (13.89%) Mathematics
6 260 (9.16%) Physics
7 255 (8.99%) Systems Engineering
8 248 (8.74%) Analytics
9 235 (8.28%) Customer Service
10 224 (7.90%) Line Management
11 196 (6.91%) Mentoring
12 185 (6.52%) Computer Science
13 184 (6.49%) Stakeholder Management
14 183 (6.45%) DevOps
14 183 (6.45%) Project Delivery
15 182 (6.42%) PLM
16 180 (6.34%) Coaching
17 173 (6.10%) Decision-Making
18 165 (5.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 162 (5.71%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 225 (7.93%) SQL
2 139 (4.90%) MATLAB
3 132 (4.65%) JavaScript
4 110 (3.88%) C#
5 106 (3.74%) Python
6 100 (3.52%) Java
7 51 (1.80%) PHP
8 45 (1.59%) TypeScript
9 41 (1.45%) PowerShell
10 26 (0.92%) C
11 23 (0.81%) R
12 19 (0.67%) C++
13 12 (0.42%) T-SQL
14 11 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 11 (0.39%) Go
15 10 (0.35%) Korn
16 9 (0.32%) Bash
16 9 (0.32%) Shell Script
16 9 (0.32%) VB
17 8 (0.28%) C-shell
Qualifications
1 1,332 (46.95%) Degree
2 422 (14.87%) BPSS Clearance
3 225 (7.93%) Master's Degree
4 171 (6.03%) HND
5 151 (5.32%) HNC
6 127 (4.48%) MBA
7 112 (3.95%) DBS Check
8 89 (3.14%) Computer Science Degree
9 78 (2.75%) CISM
10 73 (2.57%) CISA
11 62 (2.19%) Security Cleared
12 60 (2.11%) Cisco Certification
13 50 (1.76%) SC Cleared
14 43 (1.52%) CCNA
15 39 (1.37%) PMI Certification
16 38 (1.34%) CISSP
17 34 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
17 34 (1.20%) PMP
18 32 (1.13%) JNCIA
19 29 (1.02%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (5.04%) QA
2 116 (4.09%) Def Stans
2 116 (4.09%) IEC 61508
3 94 (3.31%) GDPR
4 62 (2.19%) GRC
5 60 (2.11%) Data Quality
5 60 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 49 (1.73%) SLA
7 43 (1.52%) Accessibility
8 37 (1.30%) NIST
9 25 (0.88%) WCAG
10 23 (0.81%) PCI DSS
11 13 (0.46%) IFRS
12 10 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
13 9 (0.32%) EMIR
13 9 (0.32%) IFRS 9
13 9 (0.32%) MiFID
13 9 (0.32%) PMO
14 8 (0.28%) Basel III
14 8 (0.28%) HIPAA
System Software
1 137 (4.83%) Active Directory
2 99 (3.49%) Docker
3 46 (1.62%) Virtual Machines
4 38 (1.34%) VMware Infrastructure
5 37 (1.30%) Hyper-V
6 11 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.28%) VMware NSX
8 5 (0.18%) Postfix
9 4 (0.14%) Firmware
9 4 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.14%) vSphere
10 3 (0.11%) Dovecot
10 3 (0.11%) KVM
11 2 (0.070%) Sendmail
11 2 (0.070%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.035%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.035%) pfSense
12 1 (0.035%) Time Sharing Option
12 1 (0.035%) XenApp
12 1 (0.035%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 91 (3.21%) Kubernetes
2 83 (2.93%) Terraform
3 35 (1.23%) Ansible
4 18 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (0.42%) Grafana
6 8 (0.28%) Progress Chef
6 8 (0.28%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.28%) SCCM
7 6 (0.21%) AirWatch
8 4 (0.14%) AWS Copilot
8 4 (0.14%) Istio
8 4 (0.14%) QRadar
8 4 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 3 (0.11%) Argo
9 3 (0.11%) Nessus
10 2 (0.070%) Nagios
10 2 (0.070%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.070%) Puppet
10 2 (0.070%) SCOM
Vendors
1 566 (19.95%) Microsoft
2 120 (4.23%) ANSYS
3 76 (2.68%) Cisco
4 67 (2.36%) VMware
5 62 (2.19%) Salesforce
5 62 (2.19%) SAP
6 59 (2.08%) Alteryx
7 50 (1.76%) Google
7 50 (1.76%) Oracle
8 40 (1.41%) MathWorks
9 37 (1.30%) Fortinet
10 34 (1.20%) IBM
11 33 (1.16%) ServiceNow
12 30 (1.06%) Aruba
13 28 (0.99%) Juniper
14 27 (0.95%) Palo Alto
15 26 (0.92%) HP
16 24 (0.85%) Adobe
17 20 (0.70%) Siemens
18 18 (0.63%) Citrix